Self-assembling material pops into 3D

I never mentioned: The rubber sheet is the stuff you use to makes stamps. It handles a laser well for etching which also makes it a good material for laser cutting, which is how these cuts were made! The sponsor is KiwiCo: Get 50% off your first month with promo code STEVEMOULD at kiwico.com/stevemould

He made a bra for robots 🤖

"Bi-stable auxetic structure" is not as cool as "space bra"

Lore accurate boobie armor

Great music choice on press clip :D

For some reason I find that shape with the two domes very pleasing.

My first thought for this is that it would make a great concept for a tent. The "walls" of the tent would also be part of the supporting structure. Once it's expanded you could insert a Lock Block so it would be harder for it to collapse back down.

I can see uses for this as is, tbh. Imagine attaching a light, stretchy material to the interior of this, in the shape of a strapless bra (which hooks for attachable straps). Well, now you have a bra that lies perfectly flat in a drawer or suitcase. You could do very very similar ideas with containers, like backpacks or purses or lunch bags, or even sleeping bags or tents. In fact, most of the use-cases I can think of this, before you get to the molecular level, at least, are in light civilian camping equipment. Seems just absolutely perfect as is for it.

this feels futuristic, im glad the world is getting more advanced like this

3:42 - Yes, a very interesting shape indeed.

what an aesthetically pleasing shape

Perfect material to make bras and hats that fold flat for packing into suitcase 👌

Me in the first minute: An interesting structure indeed.

The fact that a painting, 100s of years old, when applied to a material becomes a really neat process of scientific mechanics and geometry, is kind of crazy

1:22 Haha you had my eyes bawling at the shout out the hydraulic press, absolutely genius Steve!

During a very technical and academic explanation, hearing "the dome shape or whatever" at 7:28 made me laugh for some reason

That graph you show at 7:38 is pretty much like the graph of an endothermic reaction. This material could easily explain that concept to students in a fun and tactile way. Also, what you were saying about bistable, auxetic molecules, if you look into how hemoglobin works it’s kind of like that. My professor in Biochem explained it with two foam dice, before Oxygen attaches the dice are shrunk next to each other (form 1), then when Oxygen attaches they expand, but they’re limited to that cube shape and touch side by side (form 2). Hemoglobin gets more complicated than that, but that’s an example in nature that comes to what you were suggesting.

That is an interesting structure. I'm very interested in the structure of that thing.

The heat map at 7:00 is possibly the best visual demonstration I have ever seen for a level curve on the graph of two variables. I genuinely hope that younger students will see this video before they cover the topic in classes because it would make it so much easier to grasp it. Or at least it would have helped me a lot. Your videos never cease to impress.

I never considered myself particularly brilliant, but I appreciate how you were able to explain all of this. It was perfectly understandable and kept my attention throughout. Super fascinating topic as well. 10/10 im glad to be a new subscriber